BCA is the largest European used-car marketplace

British Car Auctions is part of BCA Marketplace plc, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange. We are bringing together used-car sellers and buyers. We sell more than one million vehicles annually and are Europe’s largest vehicle remarketing company.

We sell a wide variety of passenger cars, Light Commercial vehicles, Company Vehicles, damaged cars, non-runners, 2 wheels and even trucks and machinery! The vehicle type is mentioned on the vehicle detail page.

Get to know all about BCA´s sales

A sale is an event online or in the auction hall where we present a wide range of vehicles. To access online sales, you must be registered and connected. At BCA, we provide different type of sales:

Bid now: this type of sale gives you the opportunity to place bids in online auctions, at any time of the day directly within vehicle detail page.

xBid: Most of the bid now sales are ending by a X-Bid session which start 5 minutes later. It is a new opportunity to bid on the vehicle.

Live Online: An "In house" application which allows you to attend an auction from your home, either the auction takes place physically in "an auction place" or only online. You can hear the auctioneer and send a message to ask questions.

Auction in hall: In Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal some auctions are organized in a hall and you can bid and buy in person.

Buy now: you can find and purchase vehicles online 24/7 at a fixed price.

Sealer bid: You place a bid of the amount of your choice, you can modify this amount whenever you want. After the auction has ended the highest bidder receives a notification by email.

No, once you are registered in a BCA, you can get access to all international sales across Europe. Please contact your local team and request the access. Further information or documentation might be required.

All about BCA buying process

From bidding to receiving your invoice, all the information you need to know.

During our online sales, each of your bids are final and binding. All the bids are active until the end of the auction. If you win a vehicle, you are in the obligation to realize the transaction. During an auction in hall, when you raise the hand and when the auctioneer accepts the bid, this one is always irrevocable.

The BCA website respects all the standard practices of online security. To bid and buy, all the users have to connect with secure passwords. The website uses the standard internet cryptographic Protocol SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), supplying a safety and an integrity of the data for the web communications.

You have to pay the vehicle hammer price and buyer fees. You must pay by bank transfer in the next 24 hours. Please note that buyer fees and payment details are different depending on the country sale management.

Submit a claim on a vehicle you purchased

At BCA we want to ensure your satisfaction. Therefore, we have a dedicated team to process your claims. If after carefully studying our terms and conditions you would like to submit a claim, please use the section Submit a claim on our website.

The conditions differ per country. Please make sure that you read the Terms & Conditions of the country you have bought the vehicle from, before filing a claim. "Damaged Vehicles" and "Non running vehicles" can’t be subject of complaint.